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Soon she quit her job and they hit the road in a VW bus, going out to pick up the girls who would become the "family." She gave birth to their son, Valentine "Pooh Bear" Manson in April 1968 – according to legend, Charlie cut the umbilical chord with his teeth.

Brunner, who also became known as "Mother Mary" and "Mary Manson," was present for the July 1969 death of Gary Allen Hinman but received immunity after agreeing to testify for the prosecution.

She was arrested in 1971 after a store robbery and spent six years in the California Institute for Women.